Memberships open for 2024

ANU Fencing Club memberships are now open for 2024!

All fencers not taking part in the beginner course need to get their memberships ASAP, so that they can be covered by ANU Sport insurance.

You can sign up from the ANU sport website (https://sportandwellbeing.anu-sport.com.au/Clubs/Fencing), or by following the links on our home page!

Beginner Course dates released for Semester 2!

Our beginner course will be running from 1st of August 2023 - 17th October 2023 with a two-week break corresponding to the uni teaching break on 5th & 12th September.

The cost is $100 for the course + $120 to join ANU Sport. There’s a special price for ANU students - $80 in total (ANU students are automatically members of ANU Sport).

Registration will be through https://sportandwellbeing.anu-sport.com.au - keep an eye out for when it opens!

COVID-19 Precautions

As the situation in Australia improves, we’ve got some nervous anticipation that training and competitions will be a regular fixture throughout 2021. That said, the club remains under several COVID-19 restrictions.

  • Please remember to scan in with the Check in CBR app upon arrival.

  • Please refrain from handshaking and remember to clean shared equipment.

  • If you are feeling unwell please do not come to training.

Normal Training Hours to Resume 17 August

With the relaxation of restrictions in the ACT, we’re happy to announce that training will be returning to normal hours on the 17th of August. Standard precautions of social distancing will still be in effect.

Our trainings are:

Tuesdays 7-10pm
Thursdays 7.30-9.30pm
Sundays 11am-2pm

All in the new hall at ANU Sport.

Club to Close due to COVID-19 Pandemic

The club shall not be holding any training for the foreseeable future due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Club members will be advised by email when training can resume. Beginners enrolled in the Semester One 2020 course will gain free entry to the Semester Two course if we are able to run it when the time comes.

Club celebrates 50 years

Current and former members of the Club traveled from far and wide to Canberra to celebrate the Club's 50th Anniversary. A celebratory dinner was held in conjunction with the ANU Annual, with special guests including David Luchetti, President of ANU Sport, and Cerri Murphy, President of the ACT Fencing Association. The recipient of the Mucronibus Crediti sword was also announced at the dinner. This Club would like to congratulate Kelvin Peh on recieving this years award.

The party carried on late into the night, making for some interesting bouts on the 2nd day of the Annual!

The Club would like to thank all those who travelled interstate and provided messages of support from around the world. See you at the 60th Anniversary!

Current and past members celebrating 50 years of fencing at ANU

Current and past members celebrating 50 years of fencing at ANU

ANU Fencing Club a Force at AFC2

ANU Fencers made waves at AFC2 last weekend in Adelaide with some of the club's best results in recent times.

Of particular note was in Men's Epee, where three ANU fencers made the top eight; Nigel Nutt 8th, Dale Drummond 6th and Jeremy Shelley 2nd.

Jeremy Shelley V Jacob Ohrt in the round of 32. Photo: Grant McKay

Jeremy Shelley V Jacob Ohrt in the round of 32. Photo: Grant McKay

In Women's Epee, Kate Curtis came close to a top eight result coming 9th and Cathy Syme came 17th. Cathy also went on to come 3rd in Veteran Women's Epee.

D'Arcy Jessop came 14th in Men's Foil and Nigel Nutt came 2nd in Veteran Men's Foil.

Cameron Smith came 17th in Men's Sabre and 3rd in Veteran Men's Sabre.

Full results can be found here.

The next major competition is AFC3 in Perth in August.

Pilot Canberra Fencing League Concludes

The first Canberra Fencing League season concluded last week with the victory of the Maison Honey Badgers.

Of the nine teams entered, no team won or lost all of its matches resulting in a very close battle for places by all teams.

Many fencers from ANU and other Canberra based clubs enjoyed the friendly competition atmosphere. The beginners also particularly enjoyed the easy method of integration into the club following the semester one beginner course

Fencers looking forward for another season and those who missed out on the last one don't have long to wait, foil and sabre seasons will follow later in 2018.

If you have any feedback on the last season, please let Kelvin Peh know.

Full Results

  1. Maison Honey Badgers
  2. ePeh Team
  3. Epee-ic
  4. Team 4
  5. Dale Drummond's Dangerous Duelists
  6. Maison Mantis Shrimps
  7. Fence Sitters
  8. League of Extraordinary Fencers
  9. Presidential Potential

ACT 2018 Canberra Day Tournament Results

The 2018 Canberra Day Tournament was held on the 11th of March, featuring men's and women's events in Open Foil and Epee and a mixed Open Sabre event. 21 fencers represented ANU at the state level. 

Congratulations to Jeremy Sadler, Dale Drummond, Grant McKay, Isabel Longbottom, Ashlee Uren (fencing under her mysterious alias 'Ashley'), D'Arcy Jessop, Jeremy Shelley, Dale Drummond, and Ben Yap for their podium finishes. 

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Source: http://www.actfa.org.au/home/index.php?opt...

Notice of 2018 AGM

The Club's Annual General Meeting will be held at ANU Sport at 6.30pm on Tuesday 20 February 2018.

An agenda will be published by Thursday 15th February.

If you have any items you would like to add to this agenda, or if you're interested in joining the committee, please send us an email.

Pre-Nationals training day with Frank Bartolillo

Several ANU fencers recently participated in a one day training event with Australian Olympian, Commonwealth Gold medalist, and former Australian National Men's Foil and Sabre champion Frank Bartolillo.

Frank shared his expertise on preparation for competitions, his philosophy around setting goals, and stressed the importance of acting with good sportsmanship in everything that you do.

The fencers took part in a series of drills to exercise their fitness, agility, footwork, and bladework. He also oversaw a series of structured fencing bouts and gave feedback to the fencers.

ANU fencers came away energised for nationals. The ANU Fencing club also got a lot of good ideas for new drills and exercises to incorporate into training.

Thanks again to Frank for coming down from Sydney. Thanks also to ACTFA and to Maison Escrime for hosting and organising the event.

Some of the participants of the event with Frank

Some of the participants of the event with Frank

ANU at the 2017 State Open and Novice Championships

The ANU Fencing Club had a great time over the Canberra Day weekend down at the Tuggeranong Multi-sport Centre for ACTFA's State Open and Novice Championships. ANU Fencers competed in all weapons. There were also a number of ANU fencers who helped to referee, and to help run the canteen.

 

Notable results from ANU Fencers

Open Men's Foil

  • D'arcy Jessop — Bronze
  • Matt Bondfield — Top 8

Open Womens Epee

  • Kate Curtis — Silver

Open Mens Epee

  • Jeremy Shelley — Gold
  • Kelven Peh — Bronze
  • Michael Spencer — Top 8
  • David Peilshmidt — Top 8
  • Dale Drummond — Top 8

Novice Mixed Epee

  • Phutaneth Lohsakul — Gold

Open Womens Sabre

  • Alice Warrington — Bronze
  • Amanda Ford — Bronze

Open Mens Sabre

  • Grant McKay — Silver
  • Jeremy Sadler — Bronze
  • Adam Bartley — Top 8

Thanks to Chris Sadler for taking photos, to Carl Makin for running the DT and to the ACTFA committee for organising the competition weekend.